The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-12-14


The Advertiser.
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Mr., Ran. Little and family, OF Uln
tom have moved to this place.
Mr.. Lee Langston, Jr., now occupi.s
the Sparks house in "~Brooklvn."
Mrs. DR.. Todd has returned from ,
visit of II fow weeks at Newberry.
Tho revival services of Rcv. Lcitcharc
continued with unabated interest.
Mrs. Boulwaro, OF Cross Hill, has bcor
visiting her sister, Mrs. Goggans, during
the past week.
Mrs. Philson has rented the residence
OF Mr.. Il. Simpson and will open q
boarding house. .
full account of the Confcrcrco A..
pointmcnts of the NJ. Il. Church is found
on our outside.
The annual meeting OF ~siurkholdcrsi IN
the National Bank of Laurcns will be
held on Tuesday, Jan. 10th.
Mr.. Morris, aged ID, and Matilda
BroWn, u Miss of l3 Years, wcrc married
near Cedar Grove last week.
Mr.. L. j. Watts has ~canvasscd the town
during tho past week selling a most cy-
celicnt work called "'rhc Beautiful S!,-
ry.' He reports inc success.
To Mr.. Charlton Todd we arc indebted
for an invitation to attend the Joint con
test between the two literary societies of
tho South Carolina College on the DIST in
slant.
After reading the announcement of
Traynham IL Dial elsewhere in this pa
per, even the most Skcpticnl reader must
conclude that such bargains cannot be
surpassed in town. Their work is bear
ing fruits.
The OH soldiers who arc members of
h Survivors Association, propose to
mako tho 3iSt Il "gala day by rartaking
of u basket dinner. They will meet to-
tCN'iOi ~ t't we btI lillleS oNCl ;rul1
md have a pleasant reunion.
Maliclcy Bros, of Clinton. will opon
out Il full stock of goods in II few days in
the Boyd block. These voung mon are
live merchants, and will provo great ac-
QUESTIONS tn u town. TO them and all
such We extend Il hearty welcome.
n gin hors" of j. \. and Alfred
Parks, in foung'sTownsliip was burned
last week. Several bales OF cotton and
other property to the amount of $l,2W
was burned, with no insuramcc. Sup.
posed to be the work of an inccudiary.
a special to tho Augusta Gu<cttc an
nounccs that representatives of the
Board of Trade of IHaurcns and Andcr-
son met at Greenwood on "Wednesday
last, and after discussing matters of inn
portancc, had Il big oyster supper at Ri
lcy's Hotel.
Numcrously signed petitions have boon
circulating in town last week asking for
the appointment Of Mr.. Williamson
Barksdalc n ~VrialJusticc for this place.
Petitions also, we'll flied out, asking tho
disappointment Of Justice Hunt, have
been gotten mp.
Orr municipal election will be hold,
under IL new charter, this year III Do
ccmbor Goth, instead Of January, MS for
.mcrly. Registration books arc 'opon
now and will remain open until the 18th
inst. Let every man register and vote.
Announcements are nov in ordor.
Rev. j. NJ. Carlisle, who has served his
people so nrcoptably here Tor the past
wear, has been advised to discontinue
preaching o account of his health, and
tho Conference, which mot last week at
~Spartanburg, acting upon this advice,
has placed him OH tho supcranuated list.
Capt. G.. w. Sholl has purchased that
fine property in tho town of Laurcns
known AS the Kilgorc place, from DR.. b..
II. Kilgorc, containing seven acres and q
neat dwelling, for $1,000. He will begin
the work of improving tho place Mt once
with Il view to making ii his home some
time i'm the future.
Last week an effort was made to have
n receiver appointed to tax charge OF
of The assets of j. u. Shcahan. NJ. l..
Copeland represented Shcahan q O'Con-
nor; Johnson IL Richcy the creditors,
and l.. w. Simkins appeared for the EN-
ecutor Of II. t.. Bishop nj Union before
Judge Wallace. \ motion was also
made to dissolve tao attachments issued
i'm this ease. Judge Wallace has not yet
decided on the motion.
Tho officers and Executive Committee
of tho Laurons County Agricultural So
ciety will meet at Laurcns c. III. on Sale